My iPhone and iPod randomly stopped sending iMessages

It was working, then all of a sudden, the messages stopped sending! I turned iMessages off in settings, then re-turned it back on, and came up with some stuff about re-entering my Apple ID password, which it never has done before. And now, when I text people who have iPhones, it sends normal texts. I'm in the UK, anyone else with this problem!

Added (1). It's also saying it can't verify my Apple ID, and I haven't changed any of it, and it is still not sending iMessages.

Well, the iMessage server is down sometimes.

Sometimes that goes down, just try again in a bit. I just send as regular text message when this happens, as it usually comes back up shortly.

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